ARE YOU SAMURAI? A lot of this book made me say WOW. Lots of other parts made me ask HUH?

This is a book on the fictionalized author of "The Book of Five Rings" (which is a five star book). Not a lot is known about Miyamoto Musashi and the facts can be more stories than fact. There's lots of conflicting information. Also there is more than enough riches to sculpt a story of a legendary samurai.

Some of the book was brilliant giving a window into the world of the samurai, a world of uncompromising honor and death. Deaths were painful to read (in a good storytelling way). Some of the book was compromising. I was willing to overlook the fact the characters cursed in modern prose. The bigger problem I feel like scenes/chapters were omitted.

For a while this book toyed with a 5 star rating. In the end, the ending was too dull or maybe over my head. Overall the pluses outweighed the minuses.